Anisotropic "charge-flipping" acceleration of highly charged ions from $(N_2)_n$ clusters in strong optical fields
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
2009-11-10 v1 Plasma Physics
Abstract
The disassembly of molecular clusters (=50-3000) in strong optical fields is investigated using two-dimensional time-of-flight spectrometry. Very highly charged ions are formed with a two-component energy distribution. A low-energy, isotropic component correlates with Coulomb explosion. A high-energy, anisotropic component, that results from a ``charge flipping" acceleration mechanism, gives rise to ions with energies in excess of the Coulombic limit.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0303079,
title = {Anisotropic "charge-flipping" acceleration of highly charged ions from $(N_2)_n$ clusters in strong optical fields},
author = {M. Krishnamurthy and D. Mathur and V. Kumarappan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0303079},
year = {2009}
}